Peer Responses

            First I have chosen to respond on Eric's blog. I have chosen the post with the picture that he created. It is a picture of a skull.

            I like the idea of the different layers like the beach and the fire. I also like how you made the teeth symbolize the evil in the island. I also like how you had the skull symbolizes that the island is deadly and that it is up to no good. I also like how the blue is the vast ocean that surrounds the island. You should consider expanding the description of the teeth and how they symbolize evil. How does the evil part of the island connect to the good part?

            Your description of this picture is good. It describes every part of the picture that I saw right away, but it also describes the hidden meaning of the picture.  Even though your drawing is simple, the meaning that you wrote about in your description tells a whole, more complicated, new story. Great job on the description. It really helped me understand the picture. Also that was a great idea for a picture.

            Next I have chosen to respond to Leon's blog. I have chosen the post: "New Cover Page". It is the new cover design that he made for the book.

            I like the cover design. It does a good job of giving us the setting and some main items from the book. Even without the description I knew that there was going to be a fire and a conch in the book. I also knew that those were going to be two very important items. The cover also gives me an idea of the setting. It tells me that the story takes place on land near the shoreline, probably an island.

            Your description tells me more about these items on the cover. I tells me what they are but also the connection between them and the book. You did a great job telling me what these items were and why they were important. It also tells me a little bit about the connection between the items themselves. You should consider expanding on how these items are linked to each other.  Otherwise great job!

            Finally, I have chosen to respond to Viji's blog. I have chosen the post: "Journal 2". It is the journal entry for Ralph.

            This journal entry is very nice. I like how you chose to write about the part where we, the readers have no idea what is happening. Your journal entry gives me an idea of why the boys were on a plane and where they were going. It tells us some information about this character that we didn't know. I also like how you put some words and phrases in all capitals to express the way he is talking.

            Your description is very good. It tells me a lot about why you chose this character and this time in his life. I agree that it was a good idea to write about before the story even starts because it tells us what it was like before the story and how it affected his behavior and personality when the story started on the island. I also think that the way you predicted what to write. You should consider expanding on the way you came up with the ideas for the journal entries like where and how did you get the facts about where he was and what he was doing when we didn't know. Overall this Journal Entry told me a lot about this character, Ralph.